I do think all this fighting and Lucas bashing is childish. A lot of us have been looking forward to the X0 projext for a long time and have expected it to the best we will ever get. There was a fleeting moment of sceptical excitment when this new set was announced, since then further news has been disappointing. To say all the people waiting for the X0 are a bunch of pirates, I must ask, how many times must I buy this movie before I legally own a copy of it? The only DVD version I have is the old TR47s, I own more legal versions of the film than I can even think of off the top of my head. I have wasted so much money on those relics wasting away in boxes than I care to know. Most of the other OOT fans here also own numerous versions each. I would go as far as to bet each of them owns at least one if not more legal sets of this trilogy. How much do we need to spend before we are allowed to own a DVD-R backup of laserdiscs many of us already own without being given grief about it. If these exact DVDs that are coming in September had come out in the late 90s when the DVD thing was just taking off and the quality standards were lower, I think we all would have been happy, and OT.com probably never would have been concieved. Maybe we would be asking for a higher quality set by 2007 for the 30ths saga boxset, but my point is that back then it would have been acceptable. Now it is pretty lame to be releasing such a joke of a DVD. A 2006 DVD release of any movie, regardless of when it was filmed, ought to kick the pants off of its ten year old counterpart Laserdisc release.

That said, I used to think Lucas was this amazing person, my favorite movies had his name on them, my favorite games had his name on them, I really thought he was something. Now when I look at the things he makes, all the way from the products of his gaming company (I don't really blame the crap they now come up with on him) to his most recent three film (which is all he has made in an amazingly long amount of time, I see a lot of potiential that has been lost for the sake of making large amounts of money with as little effort as needed taking place. I used to expect great things when his name was present, now I expect crap. I can't really help that, it isn't my fault that he and his companies decided to hang the idea of quality. If some people still think they are getting greatness whenever they see his name tacked onto something, then I am happy they have lower standards than me. Some people still flock to the store everytime a new John Grisham novel is released, and some of us have decided we are tired of reading the same old story recycled and rereleased over and over again. I don't think there is a point in hating Lucas, nobody here really even knows him to really hate him. It is just a reaction to their continual disappointment. Honestly they need to get over it, it has been over ten years now, they really need to see reality. Those of us that are used to disappointment after three trips to the cinema we waited years for know better than to get too exited about these DVDs. If this new release turns out to be wonderful, and everything we ever dreamed for despite not being anamorphic, great. In that case some of our old faith in George will probably be restored. Judging by the record, it isn't too likely, please forgive us for our pessimism.